i have a pc with a hvr 3000 and i am trying to get freeview with win tv. i have call sky to find out what the LNB settings were and they said that Optus D1 had to be set to 156E but in win tv it is set to 160E. someone said that there was a patch that allowed win tv to get nz freeview but i cant find it.

i have already tried a few things that other people on geekzone have said.

i tried mediaportal, that got the channels but then it would not open again if i minimized it, i have uninstalled it because it was recording properly and then it wouldn't display the channels.

Have you sorted this yet?Try going to Hauppauge singapore support site.There is a NZ satellites patch there.

Also have you tried reading through Reg's walkthrough for mediaportal?It has the config settings in there for your tuner parameters and those are the ones i used.I just took out an HVR3000, however I did have it working well, so if you need any more help, just ask.

i am using mediaportal but its starting to play havoc with my O/S and would rather use WinTV cause the guys i bought my computer from said that mediaportal isnt the best program for my computer config, not sure why but the guy said that i should use wintv and told me to post a on geekzone like i did to see how others have done it.

Hi this is my second go at getting the info to you so I apologise if it ends up in here twice.

I had WinTV installed on my Vista HTPC but when I updated it to CD 4.2 (off the hauppauge.co.uk site) it killed my MediaPortal installation and since MP was giving me DVB-S AND DVB-T with relative stability WinTV had to go.

Since WinTV isn't on my system anymore I'm gunna try and wing it and remember what I did to get Freeview on WinTV.

Get the channel manager up by going menu--suite managerSelect the "sources" tabSelect DVB-S in the sources list on the left hand sideIn LNB settings I put lo: 107500 hi: 107500 switch:0I selected 'manually scan a frequency'Type in 22500 in the scan rate windowCan't remember whether I used horiz or vert on the polarity - try both.In the frequency window I put in the transponder freqs for the D1 sat (one for each scan) (12456000 and 12483000).Hit SCAN. Change the freq and then scan again.

Most of the info was gleaned from the the posts and webpages of the uber-geeks on this site particularly mcraenz, so thanks hugely to them.

i am so silly, thanks guys for the help, i found out why its not been working, i accidently put the Hi OSC in the LNB switch box on win tv and have only just discovered it. but thanks guys i wasn't sure on the LNB settings i you helped alot. tanks again

i have found out why media portal has been playing havoc with my O/S and have fixed it but i cant get the LNB settings right to retune it. had enough of wintv and found media portal is easier to use especially when record amd setting a program to record has any go the correct settings becuase i have forgotten them from when i had media portal tuned in.

I think you should first aim to get WinTV working before trying to configure Mediaportal. I found WinTv easier to use in order to figure out if my LNB was 10750000 or 11300000. Also you'll then know that all of your drivers are working correctly and your dish and TV Tuner card are all ok.

Once you've got WinTv working I would recommend installing both the client and server MediaPortal sofwtare on the one machine and then follow this guide to configure: http://mcraenz.googlepages.com/

redjet: I think you should first aim to get WinTV working before trying to configure Mediaportal. I found WinTv easier to use in order to figure out if my LNB was 10750000 or 11300000. Also you'll then know that all of your drivers are working correctly and your dish and TV Tuner card are all ok.

Once you've got WinTv working I would recommend installing both the client and server MediaPortal sofwtare on the one machine and then follow this guide to configure: http://mcraenz.googlepages.com/

I think the sattelite should be Optus D1. Mcraenz details changes you need to make to the sattelites file and adding a couple of ini files in MP tuning parameters directory so that you can select the correct sattelite from the list. And a guide to which LNB you have.

I completely recommend the mcraenz pages quoted above. And the Mediaportal website has 5 excellent video tutorials that take you step by step thru the installation/setup process (even tell you exactly what you need to download).Going to the trouble of installing MS SQL, Mediaportal TV-server, Mediaportal, Mediaportal TV-client instead of just mediaportal may seem like a lot of effort and can be more than a little frustrating. But I think it is worth it as now I have a working media-pc that provides awesome pictures to the plasma as well as 'serving' TV to two other computers in the house over my network. WinTV won't give you DVB-T (HD) but as quoted above it does give you a good way to get used to configuring DVB-S.

A note of caution tho'. MP does still have some bugs and if you try to get too tricky it throws up its hands and crashes. It also seems to be vulnerable when Vista updates. So I still use the panasonic recorder as well for any 'mission critical' recording I need to do.

I'm successfully getting all the Freeview channels off Optus D1 (at 160E) running a Hauppauge HVR3000 under GB-PVR. (I find GB-PVR "miles" better than the WinTV that came with the card).

My LNB LO is 10750MHz since I'm using the (new type) SKY-installed LNB that was supplied when they installed a dish to give me Prime service (free) off satellite, since I can't get it terrestrially.

Anyone getting any other FTA channels other than those on "Optus D1 (NZ FTA)" (eg off Optus C1 or D2?). Am trying to workout how to turn on the other LNB, which I understand should be able to pick up signal off satellites at 156E.

garryk: Anyone getting any other FTA channels other than those on "Optus D1 (NZ FTA)" (eg off Optus C1 or D2?). Am trying to workout how to turn on the other LNB, which I understand should be able to pick up signal off satellites at 156E.

If you have the dual LNB, you add a new LNB with C1 on it. But in all honesty there's nothing on there that isn't encypted except the Optus Aurora tuning channel (11 'pages' of info)

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